Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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Mansard Roof | 2:06 | 388,590 | ||
| 2 |
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Oxford Comma | 3:14 | 603,772 | ||
| 3 |
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A-Punk | 2:17 | 730,469 | ||
| 4 |
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Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa | 3:33 | 537,404 | ||
| 5 |
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M79 | 4:14 | 303,831 | ||
| 6 |
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Campus | 2:55 | 353,781 | ||
| 7 |
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Bryn | 2:11 | 319,003 | ||
| 8 |
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One (Blake's Got a New Face) | 3:10 | 207,211 | ||
| 9 |
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I Stand Corrected | 2:38 | 265,434 | ||
| 10 |
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Walcott | 3:38 | 325,923 | ||
| 11 |
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The Kids Don't Stand a Chance | 4:52 | 307,654 |
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About this album
In the United States, the album sold over 27,000 copies in the first week of its release, debuting at number 17 on the Billboard 200 and as of 20 January 2010, has sold nearly half a million copies. In the album’s 11th week in the UK chart, it peaked at number 15. The album also reached number 37 in Australia.
The album’s distinctive cover photo is a Polaroid picture from one of their early shows in Columbia University.
The first single, “Mansard Roof”, was released on October 28, 2007. The second single, “A-Punk”, was released in early 2008. The album was ranked as the 5th best album of 2008 by Time, the 56th Best Album of the Decade by Rolling Stone and 51st on Pitchfork’s list of the Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.
Recording History
The album was recorded in a variety of environments including; a basement where there was “a good set up for recording drums”; a barn; the apartments of two band members and Tree Fort studio in Brooklyn. The locations bore an effect on the sound that was produced, demonstrated by a session recorded early in 2007 at a barn, which resulted in “really echoey drums”.
In October 2007, the lead singer Ezra Koenig, said that the band had “some of the tracks […
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hawk_k Their Best Album.
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aellylis I fucking love the use of strings in this album. <3
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rmaertin Catchy!
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iheartziyi Walcott. [2]
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zaroOoO Walcott.
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wi-lll My top album :D
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NewChrischris91 The best vampires of Earth [2]. I love me some Vampire Weekend. Solid debut album. "Campus" is to die for. Love it!
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Najlaa_23 I like this album a lot more than I like Contra. << totally agree . for me "Contra" is their worst for sure !!
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otaviozera ♥
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Forbie_chay The best vampires of Earth
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leorino
very niiiice!
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dekamp one of my favorites albums :)
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maryann2version Ughhh, can't wait until the summer rolls around. Goes so well together.
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thisisbagley Finally: LAST.FM does stream some more VW tracks (Oxford..., Cape Cod..., A-Punk) here through the radio here!!!
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isai_ferdinand Amazing album ♥
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hollmill I like this album a lot more than I like Contra.
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McNastyFilth Good album. Contra is good as well.
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AnotherKoshka this album is definitely the better one
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live4ever89 damn its catchy, i can't stop listening to it!!! [2]
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kaftoskaitsiou their best in my opinion.
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